Posted on 01/24/2007 9:42:30 AM PST by presidio9
I double-dog dare 'em to try it! < g >
These aren't Greek pagans -- they're the equivalent of a Star Trek convention.
Never heard of discommunication. Excommunication, maybe. :-)
What a bunch of bull. Proof again that AFP has not clue what its talking about. This religion "won" the right to be recognized as a "cultural association", which means its part of Greek culture, and no one has ever denied that ancient Greek religion was not part of the Greek culture, it has not been official religion recognized as a state religion by Greece. Only 3 religions are official recognized by the Greek government and those are Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and Islam. What this means is that these 3 religions are the only officially recognized faiths by the state considered to be "legal persons of public law." Other non state recognized religions, including Ellinais above, are considered "legal persons of private law." which means in practice, the primary distinction is that the Civil Code's provisions pertaining to corporations regulate the establishment of "houses of prayer" for every non state recognized religions, meaning they need proper legal permits to have "Houses of Prayer" just as a private citizen needs the proper legal permits to have a commercial company.
Note: this topic is from 1/24/2007. Thanks presidio9.
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